Lane Kenworthy

Broschiertes Buch

Is Inequality the Problem?

Beschreibung

This book draws from a vast trove of research on the rich democracies to argue that while inequality is normatively a problem and we should therefore work to reduce it, the evidence from wealthier countries does not show that income inequality has contributed much at all to the other social ills it is associated with: declines in living standards, worse health outcomes, reductions in happiness, less opportunity, and diminished democracy. Instead of trying to repair these ills indirectly via a reduction in economic inequality, policy makers are more likely to make progress by pursuing these goals directly. This contrarian yet balanced account of one of the main social problems of our era will reshape our understanding of how rising economic inequality has affected societies in the industrialized world.

Autor

Lane Kenworthy is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Yankelovich Chair in Social Thought at the University of California-San Diego. He studies the causes and consequences of living standards, capabilities, poverty, inequality, mobility, employment, economic growth, social policy, taxes, public opinion, politics, and more in the United States and other rich longstanding-democratic countries. He is also the author of The Good Society, Would Democratic Socialism Be Better? (Oxford, 2022), Social Democratic Capitalism (Oxford, 2020), How Big Should Our Government Be? (2016), Social Democratic America (Oxford, 2014), Progress for the Poor (Oxford, 2011), Jobs with Equality (Oxford, 2008), Egalitarian Capitalism (2004), and In Search of National Economic Success (1995). His essays and shorter pieces have appeared at Foreign Affairs, the Washington Post, The Guardian, Boston Review, Consider the Evidence (his blog), and elsewhere.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9780197817100
• ISBN-10: 0197817106
• Artikelnr.: 74177234